Internet service for facilitating delivery of inquiries and answers, and accounting for associated financial transactions
First Claim
1. An internet service for facilitating delivery of inquiries and answers, and accounting for financial transactions associated therewith, said internet service comprising:
- means for a user of said service to specify at least one geographic region of interest to said user, in said service;
means for said user to broadcast at least one inquiry to a subscriber population, said subscriber population being associated with said at least one geographic region of interest to said user;
means for said subscriber population to receive said at least one inquiry from said user of said service so that an evaluation may be made by said subscriber population of whether to answer said at least one inquiry;
means for said subscriber population desiring to answer said at least one inquiry to advise said user of a value associated with their answers to be given to said user upon acceptance of said value by said user;
means for said user to view an answer selected by said user upon acceptance of said value by said user; and
means for accounting for said value as (i) a debit against an account of said user in said service and (ii) a credit to an account of each one of said subscriber population giving said answer selected by said user.
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Abstract
An internet service for facilitating delivery of inquiries and answers thereto, and accounting for financial transactions associated therewith includes means for (i) a user of the service to specify a geographic region of interest to the user, (ii) the user to broadcast an inquiry to a subscriber population, with the subscriber population being associated with the geographic region of interest to the user, (iii) means for the subscriber population to receive the inquiry from the user so that an evaluation may be made by the subscriber population of whether to answer the inquiry, (iv) means for the subscriber population desiring to answer the inquiry to advise the user of a value associated with their answers to be given to the user upon acceptance of the value by the user, (v) means for the user to view an answer selected by the user upon acceptance of the value by the user, and (vi) means for accounting for the value as a debit against an account of the user in the service and as a credit to an account of each one of the subscriber population giving an answer selected by the user.
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28 Claims
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1. An internet service for facilitating delivery of inquiries and answers, and accounting for financial transactions associated therewith, said internet service comprising:
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means for a user of said service to specify at least one geographic region of interest to said user, in said service;
means for said user to broadcast at least one inquiry to a subscriber population, said subscriber population being associated with said at least one geographic region of interest to said user;
means for said subscriber population to receive said at least one inquiry from said user of said service so that an evaluation may be made by said subscriber population of whether to answer said at least one inquiry;
means for said subscriber population desiring to answer said at least one inquiry to advise said user of a value associated with their answers to be given to said user upon acceptance of said value by said user;
means for said user to view an answer selected by said user upon acceptance of said value by said user; and
means for accounting for said value as (i) a debit against an account of said user in said service and (ii) a credit to an account of each one of said subscriber population giving said answer selected by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An internet service for facilitating delivery of inquiries and answers, and accounting for financial transactions associated therewith, said internet service comprising:
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means for a user of said service to broadcast at least one inquiry to a subscriber population, said subscriber population being defined by at least one selected geographic location;
means for said subscriber population to receive said at least one inquiry from said user of said service so that an evaluation may be made by said subscriber population of whether to answer said at least one inquiry;
means for said subscriber population desiring to answer said at least one inquiry to advise said user of a value associated with their answers;
means for said user to view an answer selected by said user; and
means for accounting for said value as a debit against said account of said user upon voluntary payment by said user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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